A teenage boy in Malaysia has undergone successful abdominal surgery to remove a mass believed to be the foetus of his unborn twin .The condition, known medically as “foetus in foetu”, means that Mohd Zul Shahril Saidin, 15, had been carrying the growing foetus since birth.According to reports, the foetus had hair, legs, hands and genitals.
Hasmah Ahmad, the boy’s mother, described the mass in shocking detail, saying: “The foetus removed from my son’s stomach was formed with organs like those of a baby – only the nose and mouth were not complete.”She has also reportedly “accepted her son’s fate”, if the tumour truly was Mohd Zul Shahril’s twin.
The unborn twin was pulled out of the teen’s stomach
Hasmah, 38, expressed her relief to local media after surgeons in the Sultan Abdul Hamid Hospital , in Sungai Petani in the north-western Malaysian state of Kedah, performed the successful operation. Reports said Mohd Zul Shahril, the fifth of eight children and a native of the town of Baling in Kedah, was only hospitalised recently after he began complaining of pain in the last four months.
The boy’s ordeal has gained a massive following in social media circles, with reports saying it was the first such case in Malaysia.Hasmah said she and her family had already performed funeral rites on the foetus, which is now buried in a cemetery in Sungai Petani.